Senior Azure Architect

Kaufman Rossin•Palm Beach Gardens, FL

About The Position

Kaufman Rossin is seeking a Senior Azure Architect to join our growing Information Technology team. In this hands-on role, you will lead KR’s cloud modernization strategy by evaluating our AWS and Azure environments, guiding the migration of workloads to Azure native solutions, establishing architecture standards, and advancing our data, analytics, AI, and virtual desktop capabilities. You will combine deep technical expertise with enterprise architecture principles to create secure, scalable, and cost-effective solutions.

Requirements

7+ years of hands on experience designing solutions across Azure and AWS
Proven experience leading end to end cloud migrations using multiple migration approaches
Deep expertise in Azure data platforms, including ADLS Gen2, Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Factory, Databricks, and Microsoft Fabric
Experience designing AI solutions that incorporate retrieval augmented generation, large language model integration, model selection, and responsible AI governance
Strong Azure Virtual Desktop architecture experience, including FSLogix and image management
TOGAF certification or equivalent enterprise architecture credentials required

Nice To Haves

AZ 305, DP 203, AZ 140, or AI 102 certification preferred

Responsibilities

Establish cloud architecture standards, guardrails, patterns, and decision frameworks for engineering teams
Translate business objectives into long term architecture blueprints using TOGAF or an equivalent framework
Conduct current state and future state assessments to identify technology gaps, redundancies, risks, and cost optimization opportunities
Develop Architecture Decision Records for major platform and technology decisions
Lead recurring architecture reviews across Platform Engineering initiatives
Evaluate and document KR’s AWS workload landscape, including dependencies, risks, costs, and migration complexity
Develop a phased migration roadmap aligned with business priorities and technical requirements
Determine the appropriate migration approach for each workload, including re-hosting, re-platforming, refactoring, or retirement
Design Azure native solutions using technologies such as AKS, Azure Container Apps, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, and Azure Functions
Ensure migrated workloads meet security, performance, reliability, and cost management standards
Lead the architecture of KR’s Azure data platform using ADLS Gen2, Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Factory, Data bricks, and Microsoft Fabric
Own the architecture of the Data Lake and Data Warehouse to support scalable reporting, analytics, and AI use cases
Develop a strategy to reduce reliance on Domo and transition reporting capabilities to Power BI and Azure native analytics tools
Design data pipelines, Fabric workspaces, and Synapse solutions with a focus on performance, governance, scalability, and cost efficiency
Define the architecture for KR’s AI applications, including retrieval augmented generation pipelines, vector databases, and orchestration frameworks
Lead model selection based on business needs, security requirements, performance, and cost
Evaluate commercial and open source models, including Azure Open AI, Claude, Llama, and Mistral
Design secure AI solutions that incorporate data isolation, role based access control, Managed Identity, audit logging, and responsible AI governance
Establish reusable AI architecture patterns and standards for internal and client facing applications
Architect the migration from Citrix to Azure Virtual Desktop
Design host pools, FSLogix profiles, image management processes, network topology, and application delivery models
Integrate Azure Virtual Desktop with Entra ID, Conditional Access, multifactor authentication, and Zero Trust security standards
Ensure the environment delivers a secure, reliable, and scalable user experience